Streets, Roads, and the Edge of Town

A wide four-lane highway entering a small American town, with a welcome sign at the roadside and a water tower ahead.

October 2026 series: Transportation & the Comprehensive Plan You know the moment. You’ve been driving a state highway for twenty minutes through open farmland—center pivots, a grain elevator on the horizon, a pickup or two coming the other way—when a green sign tells you you’ve arrived: Welcome to …, followed by a population figure, maybe […]

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Fuel Prices Move Fast—Transportation Systems Do Not

A small-town fuel station at dusk with an electric vehicle charger beside the gas pumps on a rural highway. Fuel price uncertainty.

October 2026 series: Transportation & the Comprehensive Plan Every few years, the price at the pump becomes the loudest number in town. People talk about it at the diner, the school board hears about bus budgets, and the county road department recalculates what a season of grading and plowing will cost. Usually the spike passes. […]

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